I spent my first year on YouTube obsessing over every single metric in my analytics dashboard. Impressions, watch time, likes, shares—I tracked it all meticulously in a spreadsheet that grew more complex by the week. But I was wrong. Here's the truth. 80% of your analytics don't deserve your attention. Let's focus on the 20% that will actually move the needle for your channel. Retention Graph Last month I scrapped an entire video series after studying this single metric. Retention graph The...